Heather Hurlburt and Daniel Drezner discuss our tendency to assume former military personnel make strong political leaders.
Meditation teacher Kenneth Folk explains why seeing the roots of our biases is both useful and difficult. Plus: Meta-okayness.
Philosopher Cristina Bicchieri analyzes entrenched traditions such as genital mutilation.
Daniel Kaufman and Massimo Pigliucci consider whether personal preferences outweigh reason when judging philosophical arguments. Plus: Has philosophy gotten “better”?
Criminologist and former police officer Peter Moskos discusses ways to decrease the rate of fatal police shootings.
Robert Wright and Daniel Kaufman consider the ways in which humanity has—and has not—made moral progress. Plus: Is it okay to kill a zombie?
Bill Scher argues that scandal-mongering rarely pays off. Plus: Our diminishing trust in law enforcement.
Helen Andrews argues that elite universities hurt the nation by hoovering up “local talent.”
Meditation teacher Kenneth Folk, who claims to be enlightened, explains how that feels.
Glenn Loury argues that we shouldn’t frame police reform as a race-based issue.